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Page 124
... audience to concern themselves with one character or two more than with the rest . With the interest thus dispersed it is possible that the audience will not feel warmly about any of the persons of the play , and since the author must ...
... audience to concern themselves with one character or two more than with the rest . With the interest thus dispersed it is possible that the audience will not feel warmly about any of the persons of the play , and since the author must ...
Page 127
... audience . All the best dramatists have written with their eye on it and though they have more often spoken of it with contempt than with good will they have known that they were dependent on it . It is the public that pays , and if it ...
... audience . All the best dramatists have written with their eye on it and though they have more often spoken of it with contempt than with good will they have known that they were dependent on it . It is the public that pays , and if it ...
Page 144
... audience should not be allowed to ask , do such things happen ? They should be con- tent to laugh . In comedy more ... audience through three acts of pure comedy . For comedy appeals to the collective mind of the audience and this grows ...
... audience should not be allowed to ask , do such things happen ? They should be con- tent to laugh . In comedy more ... audience through three acts of pure comedy . For comedy appeals to the collective mind of the audience and this grows ...
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